Cordes v. Gonzales

421 F.3d 889 Patricia Ann CORDES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, * Attorney General; Michael Chertoff, ** Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Nancy Alcantar, Interim Director of the San Francisco District Office for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Respondents-Appellees. No. 04-15988. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 11, 2005. Filed August 24, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Jagdip Singh Sekhon (argued), Sekhon & Sekhon, San Francisco, CA; Scott Mossman (briefed), Sekhon & Sekhon, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner-appellant. James Hunolt (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Audrey B. Hemesath (briefed), Office of the United States Attorney, Sacramento, CA, for the respondents-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California; Oliver W. Wanger, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-03-05580-OWW/LJO. Before FERGUSON, NOONAN, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. FERGUSON, Circuit Judge. 1 Patricia Ann Cordes ("Cordes"), a native and citizen of the United Kingdom, appeals the District Court's denial of her 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas…